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The Legend of the Lone Ranger ** (1981, Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd, Matt Clark, Jason Robards) – Classic Movie Review 6161

‘Who was that masked man?’ ‘I don’t know, he was wearing a mask!’ With a half-hearted hearty heigh-ho Silver, Klinton Spilsbury dons Clayton Moore’s old mask as the Lone Ranger in director William A Fraker’s […]

Oct, 30

Baby Face Nelson *** (1957, Mickey Rooney, Cedric Hardwicke, Carolyn Jones, Chris Dark, Ted De Corsia, John Hoyt, Anthony Caruso, Jack Elam) – Classic Movie Review 5906

‘Don’t see it unless your nerves are bullet proof!’ Director Don Siegel’s sizzling 1957 gangster thriller and crime biopic provides a great part for Mickey Rooney in a career-changing role. Unlikely though Rooney is as […]

Aug, 13

The Tall T **** (1957, Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O’Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Skip Homeier) – Classic Movie Review 5697

‘ Taut! Torrid! Tremendous! T Is for Terror!’ Director Budd Boetticher’s tense, punchy, excellent 1957 cult Western The Tall T has a satisfying load of fist-fighting action and a rousing finale as rancher Pat Brennan (Randolph […]

Jul, 02

‘Neath the Arizona Skies **½ (1934, John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Shirley Jean Rickert, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Yakima Canutt) – Classic Movie Review 5488

Director Harry L Fraser’s 1934 Monogram movie is another low-budget formula Western, with John Wayne as Chris Morrell, the protector of a little half-Indian girl called Nina (Shirley Jean Rickert), who is heiress to rich […]

May, 23

Badman’s Territory *** (1946, Randolph Scott, Steve Brodie, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Ann Richards, Ray Collins, Chief Thundercloud, Lawrence Tierney, Tom Tyler) – Classic Movie Review 5306

Randolph Scott stars as desperate lawman Sheriff Mark Rowley, who takes on Jesse and Frank James (Lawrence Tierney, Tom Tyler) and almost every legendary Western badman, in director Tim Whelan’s entertaining if wildly non-factual 1946 Western. […]

Apr, 17

Return of the Bad Men *** (1948, Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, Jacqueline White, Steve Brodie) – Classic Movie Review 5305

There are lots and lots of gunsmoke in director Ray Enright’s 1948 follow-up to Badman’s Territory (1946). There are lots and lots of good star actors too, including Randolph Scott, Robert Ryan, Anne Jeffreys, Jacqueline White, Steve […]

Apr, 17

The Singer Not the Song ** (1960, Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, Mylène Demongeot) – Classic Movie Review 5171

Crazy miscasting bedevils director Roy Ward Baker’s magnetically ridiculous British 1960 Freudian romantic adventure based on Audrey Erskine-Lindop’s novel. Alas, it has over-reaching ambitions and its serious nature and high-minded intentions only serve to make […]

Mar, 17

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